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AMD SEV-SNP Vulnerability Allows Malicious Microcode Injection with Admin Access

A security vulnerability has been disclosed in AMD's Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV) that could permit an attacker to load a malicious CPU microcode under specific conditions. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2024-56161, carries a CVSS score of 7.2 out o...

2025-02-04 14:28

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Users report bricked or unstable RTX 5090 and 5080 cards — root cause to be determined

Several issues including initialization failures and PCIe 5.0 compatibility are reportedly plaguing Nvidia's RTX 50-series GPUs.

2025-02-04 14:19

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Firefox 136 Beta Finally Enables Hardware Video Decoding For AMD GPUs On Linux By Default

With Firefox 135 released, Firefox 136 is now in beta. Most notable with this next iteration of the Mozilla Firefox web browser is finally enabling hardware video acceleration by default for AMD GPUs on Linux...

2025-02-04 14:04

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I tested an upgradeable mini PC that handles my daily Windows 11 workload and cloud gaming for under $500

The Geekom A6 mini PC features an AMD Ryzen CPU, Radeon graphics, 32GB of RAM, and a 1TB SSD. It's a fantastic device that costs under $500.

2025-02-04 14:00

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U.S. RTX 50 laptop pricing starts from $1,899 for an RTX 5070 Ti toting Asus ROG Strix G16

Listings for laptops with Nvidia 50-series laptop GPUs are starting to appear on US manufacturer web stores and online retailers.

2025-02-04 13:55

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Why Upstart from Ubuntu failed

Upstart was an event-based replacement for the traditional System V init (sysvinit) system on Ubuntu, introduced to bring a modern and more flexible way of handling system startup and service management. It emerged in the mid-2000s, during a period whe...

2025-02-04 13:39

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Grubhub security breach exposed customer and driver data, says company

A Grubhub security breach has exposed personal data for both customers and drivers, says the company, after an “incident” involving a third-party contractor. The company has not revealed the exact scale of the security fail, but has admitted that t...

2025-02-04 13:38

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This forgotten Windows 11 feature is about to get some love from Microsoft

Windows 11 will soon support customizing which widgets appear on a PC's lock screen.

2025-02-04 13:33

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DeepSeek research suggests Huawei's Ascend 910C delivers 60% of Nvidia H100 inference performance

Nvidia's GPUs remain the best solutions for AI training, but Huawei's own processors can be used for inference.

2025-02-04 13:30

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DeepSeek research suggests Huawei's Ascend 910C delivers 60% Nvidia H100 inference performance

Nvidia's GPUs remain the best solutions for AI training, but Huawei's own processors can be used for inference.

2025-02-04 13:30

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You'll care about these 7 big changes coming to Windows 11 in 2025 — here's what to expect

Microsoft is working on several new features for Windows 11 in 2025. Let's take an early look at them.

2025-02-04 13:30

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7 new Windows 11 features and more big changes coming in 2025 that you'll actually care about

Microsoft is working on several new features for Windows 11 in 2025. Let's take an early look at them.

2025-02-04 13:30

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Spotify had its first ever profitable year; may have been assisted by Apple U-turn

Spotify achieved its first full year of profitability since launching in 2008. The company has previously had occasional profitable quarters, but consistently lost money each year. Apple may have played a role in the company’s turnaround, thanks to a...

2025-02-04 13:21

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Your fonts are now preserved when changing theme

Do you find yourself adjusting your font settings every time you change themes in Visual Studio, We’ve made some changes that we think will help. The latest update in Visual Studio 2022 allows theme switching without affecting font settings. This fea...

2025-02-04 13:00

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DeepSeek's $6 million R1 cost-efficient model training might be a ruse — the Chinese startup reportedly spent $1.6 billion and bought 50,000 NVIDIA GPUs while its top researchers earned $1.3 million

China's DeepSeek AI startup reportedly spent up to $944 million on operating costs.

2025-02-04 13:00

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"Deep Research has been a personal AGI moment for me": OpenAI's new AI agentic tool simulates a personal research analyst

OpenAI unveiled a new tool dubbed Deep Research, which "conducts multi-step research on the internet for complex tasks."

2025-02-04 13:00

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Inmotion Hosting VPS and Shared Hosting Review

Inmotion Hosting provides a variety of VPS and shared hosting plans, suitable for various requirements and budgets. Unfortunately, our experience testing the VPS was particularly poor.

2025-02-04 13:00

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FFmpeg Adds AMD AMF Decoder, FSR-Based Upscaling

Landing this week in the FFmpeg open-source library that is widely-used by multimedia applications was NVIDIA video acceleration improvements for Blackwell GPUs. Over on the AMD side, there are also some interesting changes to have been merged this wee...

2025-02-04 12:55

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Meta says its future AI models could have ‘catastrophic outcomes’

A Meta policy document describes the company’s fears that it could accidentally develop an AI model which would lead to “catastrophic outcomes.” It describes its plans to prevent the release of such models, but admits that it may not be able to d...

2025-02-04 12:47

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Optimizing The Linux Kernel With PGO Can Yield ~3% Benefit For HPC Workloads

While the Linux kernel itself may not be often viewed as a bottleneck to typical high performance computing (HPC) workloads, optimizing the Linux kernel with Profile Guided Optimizations (PGO) can prove worthwhile for those seeking maximum performance ...

2025-02-04 12:37

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